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IN EXPLANATION. 

[c^HIS little pamphlet has been prepared for the purpose of fi.irnishing' information 
|H| concerning the city of Salt Lake and the State of Utah. The data appearing herein 
II has been compiled with the utmost care from trustworthy sources and maybe 
■''' regarded as entirely reliable. It is hoped that the significance of the facts pre- 
sented will commend itself to the tourist or parties desiring information while vis- 
iting Salt Lake City. The Bureau of Information is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and 
a committee is always on hand to show the visitor around the Temple Block, and to 
furnish additional information and literature pertaining to Utah and her people. No 
fees charged or donations received. 



OUR MOTTO : 

• 

"To correct misrepre- 
sentatioD, we adopt self- 
represenlation." 

—John Taylor. 



MISSION HEADQUARTERS. 

Eastern States— J. G. McQuarrie, 213 W. 135th St., New York. 
Northern Siates— A. H. Wuorfruff, 635 West Adam St., Chicago, 111. 
Soutliern States— Ben E. hich. Box 381, Atlanta, Georgia. 
Soutbern States— .J. G. Uuffin, Box 1132, Kansas City, Mo. 
Colorado— J. A. McBae, Box 551, Denver, Colorado. 
Northwestern States— Nephi PrMti, Box 1882, Spokane. Wash. 
California— Jos. E. Eobinsnn, 609 Franklin St., San Francisco, Cal. 
British— Heber J. Grant, 42 Islington, Liverpool, England. 
German— Hugh J. Cannnn, Hosch Gasse, 68 Zurich, Switzerland. 
Swiss — Levi E. Young, Hosch Gasse, 68, Zurich, Switzerland. 
Netherlands— W.T.Cannun,Isaak Hubert Straatl20,Rotterdam. Holland. 
Scandinavia — A. L. Skanchy, Korsgade 11. Coijenhageo, Denmark. 
Australian— James Duckworth, No. 8, Toogood St., Ersklneville, Syd- 
ney, New South Wales. 
New Zealand— C. B. Bartlett, Box, 72, Auckland. New Zealand. 
Society Islands— Edward S. Hall, Papeete, Tahiti, Society Islands. 
Samoa— M. H. Sanders, Apia, Upolu, Samoa. 
Sandwich Islands — S E. Wooley, Honolulu, Sandwich, Islands. 
Japan — Horace S. Ensign, Tokyo, Japan. 



SALT LAKE CITY. 

(by fisher HARRIS OF THE COMMERCIAL CLUB.) 

Cfi AM not one of those who believe that the population of this city will reach the 300,000 
>2A mark in the next decade. Of course, I recognize the fact that such an increase is pos- 
sible, though I do not regard it as probable. The successful exploitation of the very 
promising oil fields of western Wyoming and eastern Utah, or the discovery of a new and 
marvelously rich mining district within the state, are two of the many possible causes for such 
an increase as is expected by many of our sanguine citizens. But these are contingencies, and 
the conservative business man does not rely greatly upon contingencies. 

The fact is, however, that without these adventitious aids the future of Salt Lake is as- 
sured and neither clairvoyance nor the gift of prophecy is necessary to demonstrate that those 
of us who may be here ten years hence will see a great, beautiful, prosperous and progressive 
western city. I understand, of course, that this is generalization and in order to win credence 
should be based upon a more substantial reason than mere personal opinion. In the first place, 
consider how much nature has done for us here. Men and women of means and leisure spend 
thousands of dollars and circle the globe, in order to see more famous, but far less beautiful, 
scenes than those presented from almost any view point in this valley. Nowhere, perhaps, in 
the world are the mountains more ruggedly beautiful and picturesque than are those that en- 
circle the city, and certainly nowhere on this continent can one find more charming exhibitions 
of the ever changing beauties of nature than are found in the numberless canyons that lie at 
our very doors. 



From early springtime until the beginning of winter these great gorges, through which 
the waters of the mountains escape from imprisonment, are a constant delight to the lover of 
nature and furnish delicious places of rest and recreation for the tired business man and the 
wearied housewife. I can add nothing to what has been said and sung, in every land and 
language, about the great, blue sea that lies to the west of us. It is the crowning glory of 
the landscape, the wonder of the world. Can you show me another spot on Mother Earth where 
such a combination is found? 

There are cities that point 
with pride to their mountains, 
others boast of their lake front, 
and still others of their valleys 
or beautiful homes. Here, we 
fortunate people have them all 
— mountains, canyons, lake and 
valley embraced in one grand 
scheme of beauty — and over all 
a sky as blue as any that bends 
over sunny Italy. 

Is it any wonder that with 
such natural environment Utah 
should produce more than her 
proportion of painters, poets, 

CITY AND COUNTY BUILDING. 




sculptors and musicians? Yet surroundings such as I have briefly mentioned are but desirable 
adjuncts to life. Man cannot live on scenery, and the visions of the day dreamer are contin- 
ually being disturbed by grosser thoughts of how he may earn his daily bread. 

The careful man in search of a permanent abiding place has many things to consider. He 
will want to know much about the material resources of the city of his choice; its promise 
for the future; its schools and churches; its climate, the character of its business men and its 
social life. We can confidently commend Salt Lake City to him from all these standpoints 
of interest. Materially speakinir, Salt Lake City is not "just entering upon a period of un- 
exampled prosperity." to quote from the advertising pamphlets of many communities. The 
prosperity is here now, and while it may not be "unexampled" it is nevertheless great, sub- 
stantial and comforting. It is in the air and is evidenced on every hand and in all the walks 
of our business and social life. Ride about the city and you will find in every business and 
residence block new buildings going up, ranging in importance from the cottage home of the 
poor man to the palace of the mining king. 

The records of the building inspector show that during the year 1902 permits were 
issued for the erection of new buildings costing in the aggregate $2,567,650, an in- 
crease over 1901 of $1,141,290. And still the importunate cry is for more homes; for the 
people who are making money on the broad ranches and in the rich mining camps of Utah, 
Wyoming, Nevada, Idaho, Montana and western Colorado are coming here and establishing 
their household gods in this valley of the mountains. They are drawn hither by the char- 
acteristic American demand for the best in life, and they find it here, in our university, 
schools, colleges, theatres, churches and institutions of music and art. 



If ever a community had right to pride in the high character of its schools it is this one. 
They are as nearly perfect as lavish expenditure backed by cultured judgment can make them. 
The numerous buildings in which the city's children are taught are models of modern educa- 
tional architecture and are not surpassed for comfort and convenience by anything of like 
kind in America. The oiScers and teachers represent the best imported and domestic talent 

and their efficiency is attested by the proficiency of 
their pupils. In my judgment. Salt Lake City will, 
within the next ten years, become the greatest edu- 
cational center in the intermountain country, and her 
schools will be filled with the youth of the great 
states that are tributary to her markets. 

Prom a commercial standpoint the city is most 
fortunately situated, being the geographical center of 
a vast region, the resources of which are being devel- 
oped with marvelous rapidity. 

For this inland empire with its increasing wealth 
and population, Salt Lake is the natural distributing 
point — the depot for supplies — and she has no rival 
within a radius of five hundred miles. 

The jobbing trade of the city amounted last year 
to more than $35,000,000, and the building of the 
new railroads booked for the coming year will 





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add greatly to the territory now invaded by her enterprising and successful merchants. 

Speaking of railroads, reminds me that every one of the past twenty years has seen the 
building of many great railway lines into Salt Lake — on paper. None of them have heretofore 
materialized as projected and the hearts of our people have been made sick with hope deferred. 
But it seems that even such gigantic things as railway lines come to those who patiently 
wait. The Denver & Northwestern railway, another connecting link between the capital cities 
of Colorado and Utah, designed to traverse the richest parts of both states, is an assured fact. 
Yesterday the calamity howlers declared vociferously that it would never be built — today the 
contracts are let for its construction and the work is being pushed with vigor and determi- 
nation. For a generation our people have been looking with longing eyes toward Los Angeles 
and hoping for a railway connection with that beautiful and progressive city. This year wit- 
nesses the fruition of their hopes in this regard, and busy hands are, even as I write, building 
the grade that will make easy the coming of the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake railway. 
I know nothing of what combinations of interest are behind these great enterprises, nor do I 
greatly care. I do know, however, that their successful completion is now beyond question 
and that the appearance of this city in the role of a great railroad center is inevitable. 

The wealth of Salt Lake City, which maintains her splendid schools and other institutions 
of culture and refinement and builds her beautiful homes, comes from many sources. Agri- 
culture, stock raising and manufactories, all contribute, but from the mines of the state there 
is an unceasing and ever increasing stream of new, clean money, flowing always into the 
channels of her trade and commerce. In 1901 the mines of Utah paid in dividends the sum of 
$4,545,500, not counting the sums paid by close corporations, the amount of whose profits is 



not made public. This year the dividends on the listed 
stocks are half a million dollars in excess of those of 
1901. The greater part of this sum remains and is 
reinvested here. It is well to remember in estimating 
the city's future that the mining industry of Utah is 
only in its infancy now. Every day records a new 
strike and witnesses the opening of new districts, and 
every year sees the list of dividend paying properties 
grow longer, and the city is the inevitable beneficiary 
of this growth. 

The business of the community is transacted 
through fifteen banking institutions which hold in 
their keeping approximately $30,000,000 of the 
people's money on deposit. Salt Lake has always 
been noted for the conservatism of its bankers and it 
has been so long since Mr. Dun has had occasion to 
record a failure here that it is difficult to recall it. 
For the thoughtful citizen the future of the city has nothing but cheerful promise for 

the coming year and for the years that shall follow it. 

All these signs point to a continuance of the steady and substantial growth that has 

marked our history for the past ten years. We have not had, and do not want a "boom." 




PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS. 



TEMPLE BLOCK. 



Salt Lake Temple.— The Latter-day Saints have four temples and nearly four hundred 
houses of worship in Utah. The largest temple is that at Salt Lake City. In April 1851, the 
Church decided to construct this ..^-r<Mf^ 

edifice on its present site. On 
February 14, 1853, the Temple 
site was dedicated and ground 
broken for the foundation. The 
corner stones were laid April 6, 
1853. The building was com- 
pleted and dedicated April 6, 
1893. 

The Temple is 186^ 
feet long and 99 feet wide, 
covering an area of 18,562 
feet. Including the Temple 
Annex and smaller con- 
nected buildings, the cost 
of construction is about 
four million dollars. The 

SALT LAKE TEMPLE 




Temple is built of granite, brought from a quarry about twenty miles distant. Before the 
advent of the railway to the quarry, in 1873, the huge blocks of stone were transported by ox 
teams; it took four yoke of oxen four days to transport a single large stone from the quarry 
to the Temple grounds. The Temple faces east and has six towers, three on the east end and 
three on the west end. The height of the rockwork on the east central tower is 210 feet; on 
the west central tower 204 feet; on the walls of the main building 107 J feet. The thickness 
of the walls varies from 6 to 9 feet. The footing wall on which the building rests is 16 feet 
wide and 16 feet deep. The east central tower is surmounted by the figure of an angel pro- 
claiming the everlasting Gospel. (Rev. xiv: 6.) The figure is of hammered copper, covered 
with gold leaf, and is 12 ft. 54 in. high. The Temple is closed to the general public, being in use 
the greater part of the time for bap- 
tismal ceremonies and sacred gather- 
ings. Other temples of the Latter-day 
Saints in Utah are located at Logan, 
Cache County; Man ti, Sanpete County, 
and St. George, Washington County. 

Temple Block. — The Temple ^ '§ 

Block is forty rods square and con- 
tains ten acres. Besides the Temple 
and annexed buildings, there are in the 
square the Tabernacle, Assembly Hall, 
Bureau of Information, and a quaint 

THE FAMOUS TABERNACLE 





old adobe building covering the United States meridian stone and astronomical instruments for 
taking observations. At the southeast corner of the block is a stone marking -the base from 
which Salt Lake City is surveyed. The Temple Block is surrounded by a stone and adobe wall 
which was completed August 15, 1854. 

TABERNACLE.^The large Tabernacle, the roof of which consists of a single wooden arch, 
was commenced in 1865 and completed in April, 1870. It is 150 feet wide, 250 feet long, and 
80 feet high, and has wonderful acoustic properties. It will seat comfortably about 8,000 
people. Religious services are held on Sundays at 2 p, m. 

Assembly Hall. — The Assembly Hall 
is built of granite and is of Gothic 
architecture. The height of the cen- 
tral spire is 130 feet. The building 
is 68x120 feet. Its corner stones were 
laid September 28, 1877, and the building 
was dedicated January 8, 1882. This hall 
will accommodate nearly 3000 people. 

The Bureau of Information occupies 
a new and elegant building near the south 
gates, erected at a cost of $8,000. Re- 
ception rooms, toilets, etc., are provided 
and committees are always on hand to 
entertain visitors without charge. 

SALT LAKE STAKE ASSEMBLY HALL 




THE GRAND ORGAN. 



WfN the west end of the Tabernacle is situated the Great Organ, which in all probability is 
/2* the widest and most favorably known pipe organ in the world. It has been conceded 
by visiting musicians from all over that this is the finest instrument in America, if not 
in the world. There are larger organs in existence but none that equal this instrument, either 
in construction, variety or character of tonal quality. From the first it has been a 
wonderful instrument, and one in which wide interest has been taken. It was constructed 
originally over thirty years ago entirely by Utah artisans and mostly from native mater- 
ials. It was built under the direction of Joseph Ridges and later re-constructed by 
Niels Johnson, assisted by Shure Olsen, Henry Taylor and others. In later years many 
rapid strides have been made in organ construction and effects, and the Church authorities 
decided to have this instrument at least abreast of the times, or ahead of the times, and 
awarded the contract to the W. W. Kimball Co. of Chicago, who placed entire new mechan- 
ism in the instrument, using such of the old material as was good for years to come, in the 
way of pipes, and re-voiced the instrument according to modern schools. This work was 
completed about two years ago, and the organ has since that time been regarded as ne plus 
ultra in organ building. Such is the verdict of so eminent a critic as George W. Walter, 
organist of the Temple, Washington, D. C, who paid a special visit to Salt Lake City in 
April, 1901, for the purpose of studying this organ. His statements have been echoed by 



numerous prominent organists who have since 
visited the Great Organ. 

The front towers have an altitude of 58 feet 
and the dimensions'of the organ are 30 by 33 feet; 
it has 110 stops and accessories, and contains a 
total of over 5000 pipes, ranging in length from 
one fourth inch to 32 feet. It comprises five com- 
plete organs — Solo, Swell, Great, Choir and Pedal; 
in other words, four key boards in addition to the 
pedals. It is capable of 400 tonal varieties. The 
different varieties of tone embodied in this noble 
instrument represent the instruments of an orches- 
tra, military band, choir, as well as the deep and 
sonorous stops for which the organ is famed. 
There is no color, shade or tint of tone that can- 
not be produced upon it. The action is the Kim- 
ball Duplex Pneumatic. The organ is blown by a 
lO-horse power electric motor, and two gangs of 
feeders furnish 5000 cubic feet of air a minute 
when it is being played full. The organist is seated twenty feet from the instrument, 
which places him well amongst the choir. Undoubtedly the organ owes much to the 
marvelous acoustics of the Tabernacle, but even with this allowance made, it is still the most 




THE GRAND ORGAN. 



perfect instrument of its kind in existence. Free public recitals are given semi-weekly by 
Professor J. J. McClellan, the Tabernacle organist, aided by the best vocal talent. The Bureau 
of Information will cheerfully give tourists the hours of these functions. 

The Tabernacle is of great interest to all people, whether of a religious turn of mind or 
not. Every Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock this immense structure, which is one of the largest 
auditoriums in this country and possesses acoustic properties unequaled by any other structure 
in America, is crowded with worshippers. The ,, 

interior construction is so perfect that the drop- 
ping of a pin, or a whisper, can be heard at a dis- 
tance of over two hundred feet. 

The seats seen in close proximity to the organ 
accommodate an unpaid choir which has a member- 
ship of over 550 singers. Professor Evan Ste- 
phens is the director. This organization won sec- 
ond prize in the Eisteddfod at Chicago in 1893, 
and many unbiased critics believed it to be 
worthy of the first prize and so expressed them- 
selves in public and in print. When the organ 
and choir join forces it is a tidal wave of sweetest 
harmony, of grand tone. 




BEAUTIFUL SALTAIR. 



/jANE of the grandest sights for the traveler who visits the city of Salt Lake is the Great 
\*J Pavilion, located at Saltair Beach, on the Great Salt Lake. This wonderful building is 
a monumental testimony of the enterprising energy of Utah citizens and Utah capital. 
It is situated thirt'een miles due ' 
west from Salt Lake City, and is 
reached by a thirty-minute ride 
on the Salt Lake and Los Angeles 
Railway, which is especially equip- 
ped for the transportation of the 
immense crowds that patron- 
ize the resort every day dur- 
ing the season. 

The various buildings of 
the immense Pavilion form a sym- 
metrical group, with a large cen- 
tral structure connected with long, 
tapering piers at each end, curving 
toward the lake and surmounted 
by large, airy observatories. The ^^^^^,^ seach bath,no rbsort 




architecture is after the Moorish style and the general effect is as beautiful as the structure 
is serviceable and substantial. This magnificent Pavilion was built at a cost of over $350,000 
and was opened to the public July fourth, 1893. 

The magnitude of this great structure can be appreciated only when one has had the 
pleasure cf seeing it. In length it is 1200 feet while the extreme width is 355 feet. The top 
of the main tower is 130 feet above the surface of the water. The lower floor is used prin- 
cipally for an immense Irnch and refreshment bowery, it being provided with large tables and 
seats enough to accommodate over a thousand people at one time. The upper floor of the main 
building is used for dancing, and is one of the largest dancing floors in the world, its dimen- 
sions being 140x250 feet of clear floor without a pillar or obstruction of any kind. A 
thousand couples dancing at one time is a frequent sight to be witnessed at this resort. The 
dancing floor is covered with a dome-shaped roof constructed after the plan of that covering 
the famed Salt Lake City Tabernacle. The bathing at this wonderful resort is the best, most 
exhilarating and healthful in the world and may be enjoyed between May and October to its 
fullest extent. 



Salt Lake City is 4,261 feet above sea level. The Great Salt Lake is 4,218 feet above 
sea level. 

The Municipal Buildings— joint city and county — are located on State Street, half a mile 
south of the Eagle Gate. 



OTHER INFORMATION. 



The Eagle Gate, a historical place of interest, formerly an entrance to the private grounds 
of the late President Brigbam Young, is one block east of the Temple Block on South Temple 
Street. It is now the entrance to one of the prettiest street car rides that can be had if a 
view of the city is desired from the North or East Bench. The Consolidated Railway and 
Power Company have adopted the Eagle 
Gate as their emblem. It may be here 
stated that this company has a most com- 
pletely equipped and carefully covered 
system of trackage running over 80 miles 
of streets, embracing all points "of inter- 
est in and contiguous to the city, in- 
cluding Murray and the smelters, 7 miles 
south; Fort Douglas, 3 miles east; Warm 
Springs, 2 miles north; and Jordan River, 
2 miles west. 

San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake 
Railroad Company. — During the early 
seventies, Brigham Young built the first 

THE HISTORIC EAGLE GATE. 




portion of what is now to become one of the leading factors in the trans-continental railroad 
world; as the above named railroad company has acquired, by purchase, that portion of the 
Oregon Short Line south of Salt Lake City, and it may be well said that from a historical 
standpoint this company has acquired a line that stands foremost in the history of Utah. 
Covering more than 500 miles of trackage from this end, besides what is being operated on 
the Los Angeles division, which comprises 120 miles — this road when completed will constitute 
one of the most important railroad links in the United States and of special importance to Utah, 
The country traversed by the Salt Lake route is rich in mineral, and the new territory through 
which this line will pass in forming the connecting link between Calientes, Nevada and Dag 
gett, California, contains some of the richest mineral deposits in the West. The line also 
passes through a rich agricultural and fruit district, where new towns and cities are being 
founded. 

The Oregon Short Line Railroad Company. — This is in every sense the Pioneer road 
of this intermountain country in- general, and of Utah in particular. Its incorporation in- 
cludes the old Utah Central Railroad, built by Brigham Young; the Utah and Northern, and 
the original Oregon Short Line Railroad. Its various divisions became parts of the Union 
Pacific system at different times, and finally, as a part of that system, operated from Silver 
Bow, Montana on the north; Huntington, Oregon, on the west, and Granger, Wyoming, on the 
east to Frisco, Utah, on the south. Later, by purchase, lease and construction, its limits were 
extended from Milford, Utah, to Calientes, Nevada, on the south, and from Silver Bow to Butte, 
Montana, on the north. It was segregated from the Union Pacific in March, 1897, and since 
that time until July, 1903, when that portion south of Salt Lake City was sold to the San Pedro, 



Los Angeles & Salt Lake company, nas been oper- 
ated independently as the Oregon Short Line Rail- 
road Company, with a trackage approximating 
1688 miles. Originally penetrating a country 
whose general barrenness gave little promise of the 
beautiful territory it was to become with develop- 
ment, it has grown with the country, and is now 
the principal carrier in a land rich in everything 
that goes to make prosperity, traversing one of 
the most valuable mining and agricultural territor- 
ries of this western empire. 

The Rio Grande Western Railroad Com- 
pany. — In 1882 the Rio Grande Western Railroad 
Co. first thrust its way through the mighty fort- 
ress — the Rocky Mountains — and made Salt Lake 
city its principal home. Its coming was the beginning of an era of prosperous times for Utah. 
Every spike that was driven was the best that could be secured, and this represents every- 
thing else used in its equipment, including the huge mountain locomotives, palatial cars and 
serviceable freight or other paraphernalia. The progress of the Rio Grande Western Railway 
has been contemporaneous with the progress of the State; its enterprise has marked the enter- 
jrise of the people; its interests and those of the people it serves are recognized as identical. 
It operates in connection with the Rock Island, Burlington, Missouri Pacific and Santa Fe routes. 




IE PIONEER MONUMENT, 



A comfortable journey over the lines of the Rio Grande Western Railwaj' in Utah will better 
acquaint you with the wonderful resources of the great state than any amount of literature 
that can be gathered on the subject. 

The first Legislature of Utah convened in Salt Lake City, September 22, 1851. 

The University of Deseret (State University) was opened in Salt Lake City in 1851. 

In 1853, the Spanish wall was built on the east and south of the city as a protection 
against Indians. It was 12 feet high, 6 feet thick at the base and 2^ feet thick at the top. 
It was nine miles long. 

The first fire department in Salt Lake 
City was organized October 17, 1856. 

In October, 1861, the overland tele- 

g'^aph line was completed via Salt Lake 

•Jity. The first telegram east was sent by 

President Brigham Young on October 18. 

Fort Douglas was located in Oct., 1862. 

Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution 
was founded October 16, 1868. 

Brigham Young's monument is located at the 
intersection of the streets at the southeast cor- - — ijw; 

ner of the Temple Block. ^.^s.de^t b.:oh^m you^cs crav. 




President Brigham Young died August 29, 1877, in Salt Lake City. 

There are fifteen banks in Salt Lake City with a capital of $3,005,000, and deposits of 
over $31,000,000. 

The annual coal product of Utah is worth over $5,000,000. 

The annual output of the precious metals in Utah is over $21,000,000. 

Newspapers. — The Deseret News, official publishing house of the Mormon Church, was 
founded in 1850 by Pres. Brigham Young. It is the oldest and most widely circulated paper 

published in the intermountain region, being dis- 
tributed from Canada on the north to Mexico on 
the south. 

The Salt Lake Tribune is one of Utah's leading 
newspapers. Tourists and visitors interested, 
financially or otherwise, in the growth and develop- 
ment of Utah and the surrounding states, should 
secure the Salt Lake Tribune. It gives reliable 
and conservative news relating to the advancement 
and progress of the intermountain states. Mr. 
Perry S. Heath is the publisher and general man- 
ager. Visitors and tourists are invited to visit the 
Tribune office. 

The Telegram is a successful evening news- 




DESERET NEWS BUILDING AND ANNEX. 



paper (independant and non-sectarian) started in January, 1902. It sells for three cents and 
is issued by the Salt Lake Telegram Publishing Company. 

The Character Builder. — A monthly magazine for home and school, devoted to physical, 
social, intellectual and moral education, John T. Miller, D. Sc, editor. 

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized April 6, 1830, in Fayette, 
Seneca County, New York. It now has a membership of over 300,000. 

The Church has been presided over by Presidents Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, John 
Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, Lorenzo Snow, and Joseph F. Smith, in the order named. 

There are over 116,000 teachers and pupils in the "Mormon" Sunday Schools. The first 
Sunday School in Utah was established in Salt Lake City in December, 1849. 

In 1853 the population of Salt Lake City was 6,000; it is now 70,000. 

Of the larger business associations in the intermountain country, the Rocky Mountain 

Bell Telephone Company ranks among the foremost in amount of investment, territory covered, 

g.and its place in the conduct of the commerce of the section. The combining of over 15,000 

<" miles of toll lines with all exchange subscribers in 80 city exchanges furnishes what is ac- 

I cepted as "perfect telephone communication," every telephone user being able to talk directly 

from his office or house to the office or house of his associate in any of the city exchanges of 

this great system, a map of which appears on the last page. 

The Gardo House, next to the Historian's office, was erected by President Brigham Young 
as a suitable place to receive friends and visitors, but was never used by him. It is not now 
the property of the Church. 



On January 31, 1854, a mass meeting held in Salt Lake City memorialized Congress in 
favor of a railroad from the Missouri River to the Pacific Coast, via Salt Lake City. The 
Pacific Railroad via Ogden was completed May 10, 1869, and a line to Salt Lake City, January 
10, 1870. 

The Lion House was built in 1855. 

The Church Historian's office is opposite the Lion House. 

The Latter-day Saints' University buildings. Tithing Storehouse, Lion and Beehive houses 
and general Church offices are located on the ten acre square east of the Temple Block. 







WI->_S 



Hotels. — The Knutsford of this city represents an 
"actual outlay of $750,000, while the Angelus of 
Los Angeles, owned and controlled by the same 
management, cost over $800,000, and, inasmuch as 
the proprietor is a Utah man, the two well-known 
hostelries are not only a source of pride to Salt 
Lake City and the intermountain country, but 
stand as a monument to the enterprise, pluck and 
energy of the builders, Mr. Gus S. Holmes is the 
proprietor, and is well known in Salt Lake and Los 
Angeles particularly. The Knutsford is built of 
gray granite, has a frontage of 165 feet on East 



^s. r ' - . '^ .^-^^ Third South Street, and is seven stories in 

height above the basement. There are 300 
j . '-;-; guest rooms, single and en suite, 100 of 

which have baths. Everything is magnifi- 
\ ! cent and the best that can be secured in both 

^ " cuisine and equipment. Tourists usually 

j make these hotels their homes when in Salt 
V Lake or Los Angeles. 

( ' ^ , The New Wilson is a hostelry of which 

^ ' 'all Utahns are proud, having as it does all 

( , the requisites of an up-to-date hotel. It is 

on the European plan with a first class popu- 
lar price restaurant in the building, and is 
located in the heart of the business, church 
and social district of the city. The New 
Wilson has 200 rooms with telephone, hot 
and cold water in each; is provided with 60 private baths, beautifully furnished parlors, and, 
indeed, all that goes to constitute a strictly first-class hotel ; and the rates range from only 
$L00 to $3.00 per day. It was opened March, 1903. Mr. A. Fred Wey is the proprietor and 
manager. 

Utah's public school system is one of the best in the United States. 



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THE ANGELUS, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. 



Of the big concerns in real estate the Houston Real Estate and Investment Co., (an in- 
corporation) stands in the lead. It has a capital of $10,000, paid up. The company occupies 
the ground floor of its own property at 251 South Main St., known as the Houston Block. The 
officers are J. W. Houston, president; A. W. Houston, vice-president; C. W. Johnson, secretary 
and treasurer. The company has a thoroughly equipped office for the transaction of 
its real estate business, collection and payment of rents, interest, or taxes, both for home and 
non-resident patrons. It has money to loan in any amount on improved real estate 
in Salt Lake City, at very low rates of interest. It also offers choice first mortgage loans 
for investment of trust funds, which investors will find both safe and profitable. In addition 
to these varied interests it represents three of the best fire insurance companies. 



THE ST^TE OW TJT^H. 

The State of Utah covers 85,000 square miles of territory and embraces within its borders 
every condition of climate from temperate to serai-tropical. It lies along the western slope 
of the Rocky Mountains and is the natural center of a vast area which is rapidly coming to 
be recognized as the richest section of the Union in natural resources and potential develop- 
ment. It was settled in 1847 by "Mormon" pioneers, and in the comparatively brief period that 
has elapsed since then it has made such marvelous strides in material, social and business prog- 
ress as to excite the wonder and admiration of the observer. Within the memory of many 
of its citizens, the country enclosed by its boundary lines was an arid, treeless and uninhabited 
desert; today it is the home of 300,000 industrious, prosperous and patriotic people; its val- 
leys are filled to the mountain side with fields of waving grain and orchards of choicest fruits, 
and its educational and charitable institutions are among the best in the land. 



SOME STATISTICS. 

OUTPUT OF UTAH'S SUGAR FACTORIES FROM ORGANIZATION TO DATE. 



Utah Sugar Compant : 



1899,. 
1900,. 
1901,. 
1902,. 



.Pounds Produced, 



1,112,1 

1,325,1 



9,150. 
3,676' 

13',l?85 
11,500 
18,500. 
21,000. 



Ogden Sugar Company. 
. . Pounds Produced, 



1900,. 
1901,. 
1902,. 



Logan Sugar Company. 



1901,. 
1902,. 



3,000,000 
6,000,000 
8,500,000 
9,000,000 



5,000,000. 
8,000,000- 



Total, 145,777,130 

At 5 cents per pound,. $7,288,706.50 



INCREASE IN NEW BUILDINGS, SALT LAKE CITY. 

What the Official Building Record Shows : 

First Municipal Ward $ 301,080 

Second Municipal Ward 1,209,720 

Third Municipal Ward 164,520 

Fourtli Municipal Ward 504,^00 

Fifth Municipal Ward 388,030 

Grand total $2,567,650 

Increase over 1901 $1,141,290 



OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE JOBBING TRADE OF SALT LAKE CITY. FOR 1902 

Groceries $7,000,000 Meats $ 750,000 

Dry Goods 5,000,000 Saddlery anii Harness 500,000 

Hardware 4,40(),000 Crockery, China and Glassware 500,000 

Farm Implements .3,500,000 Paper, Stationery and Books 500,000 

Lumber 1,750,000 Bottled Goods 400,000 

Liquors and Cigars 900,u00 Plumbers' and Electrical Supplies 300,000 

Boots and Shoes 900,000 

Drugs and Chemicals 2,(i00,000 Total $31,700 000 

Furnlrure 1,250,000 Total for 1901 27,235,000 

Clothing 650,000 "_ 

Paints and Oils ')50,000 " 

Confectionery 7e0,000 Increase ;$ 4,465,000 



SALT LAKE INDUSTRIES. 

No. of Employed. Wages. Production. 

Assaying B5 $ .•<5,000 $ 

Awning and Tents 15 10,000 20,000 

Artificial Flowers 5 3,500 10,000 

Boilers, Engines and Furnaces 125 87,500 300,000 

Bank, Kar and store Fixtures 30 21,000 75,000 

Bottling Business 50 30.000 175,000 

Haking Powder 50 25,000 75,000 

Building Trades 2,600 2,000,000 

Bakeries 50 35,(i00 275,000 

Blank Books and Bindery 70 45,000 75,000 

Blacksmlthlng 200 140,000 250,0f'0 

Boots and shoes, manufacturing 200 130,000 270,000 

Boxes, manufacturing 23 10,000 .^0,000 

Brass Works 110 100,000 270,i 00 

Breweries 120 100,000 600,000 

Brick 240 155,0 190,000 

Camping Outflts 20 10,000 50,000 

Carpets 125 100,000 500,000 

Carriages and Implements 250 ' 150,000 1,750,000 

Cigars 60 4.'),000 250,000 

Creameries 60 ' 40,000 325,000 



Carpenters 500 

Carvers 3 

Cement 30 

Clothing, manufacturing 50 

Ooffln, manufacturing 9 

Copper 25 

Crackers 65 

Dressmaking 300 

Drugs, Medicines, Sundries 100 

Electrical Supplies 75 

Engravers. 22 

Flouring Mill Products .■ 75 

Extracts and Essences 50 

Foundries and Machinery 120 



Furniture and Upholstering. 

Fur Goods 

Hair Goods 

Harness 

Ice Manufacturing 

Jewelery Manufacturing 

Knitting Factories 

Laundries 

Lithographing 



250 
50 
50 
60 
40 
7 

16 

275 

„ . . 50 

Lumber; manufacturing 55 

Mattress , manufacturing 50 

Marble and Monuments 15 

Mantels .- 10 

Merchant Tailors 200 

Millinery 100 

Mining M achinery 200 

Photographers 40 

Printing Products 20 

Paints and Varnishes 150 

Plumbins Supplies 9 

Picture Framing and Moulding 12 

Railroad Shops 700 

Sheet Iron 20 

Soap, manufacturing 20 

Shoe Makers 15 

Shirt , manufacturing 3 

Spices 50 



450,000 
3,000 
14,000 
25,000 
' 7,000 
28,000 
37,500 

145.000 
76,000 
55,000 
18,000 
18,000 
15,000 

100,000 

200 000 
30,000 
25,000 
40,000 
30,000 
9,500 
4,000 

110,000 
35 000 
45,000 
35,000 
10,000 
7,500 

100,000 
60,000 

315,000 
30,000 
15,000 

115.000 
7,000 
10,000 

550,000 
17,000 
18,000 
10,000 
2,500 
25,000 



4,500 
35,000 
100,000 
45,000 
75,000 
175,000 
250,000 
850,000 
210,000 
30,000 
600,000 
80,000 
300.000 
1,500,000 
200,000 
50,000 
175,000 
250,000 
35,000 
38,000 

50,000 
275,000 
80,000 
40,000 
30,000 
500,000 
225,000 
2,500,000 
57,000 
33,000 
500,000 
150,000 
- 60,000 

30,000 
100,000 
50,000 
6,000 
75,000 



o„it 75 43,000 250,000 

smeVting." .■;.■.■.■.•:::::.■.■. . :.■.■.■ 2,000 1,50^0 20,000,000 

Tallow ■ ° 2,600 7,500 

Totals 10>*09 $7,686,600 $35,501,000 



Coal Interests. — Practical operators who have made the coal deposits of Utah a study 
make the statement that these are inexhaustible. Just how many thousands of acres they 
embrace is not definitely known. But the state will be able to produce coal, and of the most 

excellent character, years after the extensive fields of Pennsylvania and the Virginias have 
been worked out. The state boasts of a number of large mines, located in as many counties, 
and innumerable smaller ones, but they convey no legitimate idea as to the vastness of the coal 
deposits. For hundreds of miles in the southern part of the state the out-croppings are mute 
testimonials of great bodies of fuel lying under the surface strata. They are easily access- 
ible, as it is not necessary to sink to great depths to mine. Therefore the cost of mining much 
of the coal is minimized. In character the coal of Utah is not excelled by that of any coal 
producing state in the Union. It is of two classes — steam producing and coke making. The 
demand for the steam coal is growing throughout the state, and large manufacturing concerns 
in adjoining commonwealths have learned to appreciate its value, and are buying it in increas- 
ing quantities each year. 

1901 1902 

Tonnage production 1,152,224 1,641,436 

Value of production at mine at $1.50 per ton $2,828,336 $2,462,154 

Number of men employed 1,724 1,833 

Number of days mine worked 2,867 3,601 

Coke production, tonnage 51,607 128,524 



Salt Lake Schools. — If there is one thing of which the people of Salt Lake are prouder 
than all others, it is their public schools. The school system is as perfect as the experience of 
the years can make it. There is no one thing that has been overlooked which could add to 
their efficiency and keep them up to the highest possible standard. Throughout the city are 
scattered school buildings which, in architectural design and beauty of surroundings, are un- 
equaled in any city of its size in the United States. The magnificent sum of $1,170,865.53 
has been spent in the purchase of sites and the erection and equipping of these school buildings. 
The interior of the schools is as perfect as their exterior beauty. All that is modern in the 
way of heating and furnishing has been supplied, until the very acme of comfort and health- 
fulness has been attained. In all there are twenty-six school buildings in the city, which are 
used for public school purposes, most of which are of recent structure. From the first the 
schools have been kept free from partisan politics, and some of the best citizens of the city 
have considered it an honor to be members of the school board and bring to it their ripest ex- 
perience. The highest possible ability has been always the object in the selection of teachers of 
the various grades, and as a consequence 322 ladies and gentlemen who are directly employed in 
the schools as teachers, principals and special directors form a body of educators which would 
do credit to any city in the world. 

190J 1902 Increase 

School census 14,428 

Enrollment . 12,9'79 

Value of school property $1,117,601.76 

Number of teachers and principals 301 

High school gradviates 69 



14,543 


115 


13,253 


274 


$1,170,765.53 


$53,163.77 


322 


21 


86 


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SALT LAKE AS A RAILROAD CENTER. 

{by JOHN E. HANSEN, CITY EDITOR DESERET NEWS) 



The importance of Salt Lake as a railroad center has been long recognized by the lead- 
ing business men of the community, and by the big transportation companies of the country. 
Situated as it is, in the very heart of a vast tributary region, with no competitor of note be- 
tween Denver and San Francisco, and with none at all for a thousand miles north and south, 
its position is impregnable. And particula^-ly gratifying to the citizens of Utah, is the fact 
that conditions, natural and artificial, will continue to develop and strengthen the proud 
place the city occupies. 

The reason is obvious. Ever since the coming of the Pioneers, it has been a furnishing 
and distributing point. Year by year its trade has increased. The passing of each decade 
has seen it far in advance of the mark reached the decade before. The builders of our rail- 
roads have carefully noted this certain and unvarying trend of trade development, and have 
not been slow to make provision for it. In the analyses of business inquiry and acquirement 
they have seen dependent territory gradually added to the field covered by the wide-a-wake- 
hustling trade-getter, of the chief city of the intermountain country. All that has meant 
growth, and growth has meant increased facilities for handling both freight and passenger 
traffic. Few people realize that the jobbing business of this city, for 1903, will closely ap- 
proximate, if it does not exceed, $35 000,000. That is nearly three times as much jobbing 
business as Denver does in a similar period. That is a fact worth remembering. It gives a 



faint idea of what Salt Lake wholesalers are doing in the surrounding states through their 
acumen and the natural advantage the city holds over far-a-way sister cities, wlien it comes 
to supplying the demands of a great and growing area — an area that includes Idaho, 
Wyoming, Montana, Nevada, and portions of Oregon, California and Colorado, with not in- 
frequent invasion into fields far beyond, where the superiority of Utah manufactured goods is 
recognized. 

Just now the railroads of Utah are making a big forward jump. Immense sums are 
being spent in an increase of mileage, and a general betterment of trackage and equipment, 
to say nothing of the acquirement in Salt Lake City, of new and valuable real estate holdings. 
Notable among the improvements is the projected new depot to be erected for the joint oc- 
cupancy of the Oregon Short Line and the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake, at a cost of 
$250,000. A similar structure is to be built for the Rio Grande Western and the Salt Lake 
and Western, the last named road being the proposed outlet from this city, of the Gould 
lines, which will then form a complete transcontinental system. 

As all the avenues of travel led to Rome of old, so do all the railroads of the great west 
lead to Salt Lake. This is the common center where they all meet. Prom here they extend 
east, west, north, south, threading evrey part of the state and furnishing each section with a 
rapid and up-to-date means of transportation and communication with the outside world. 
From the view-point of a railroad man, the city's past is a proud one; its present is full of 
promise; its future 



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